The Company leases office, lab, hangar, master ground lease and storage facilities under various operating lease agreements with lease periods expiring between 2026 and 2055 and generally containing periodic rent increases and various renewal and termination options.


Remaining 2026	$	8.4
2027	12.0
2028	11.0
2029	10.4
2030	9.2
2031	2.9
Thereafter	57.8
Total future lease payments	111.7
Less: leasehold improvement allowance	(7.3)

Total net future lease payments	104.4
Less: imputed interest	(62.8)
Present value of future lease payments	$	41.6


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2026		2025
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash outflows from operating leases	$	1.8	$	1.5
Non-cash investing activities
Operating lease liabilities from obtaining right-of-use assets	$	—	$	0.2

In February 2023, the Company entered into a lease arrangement with the Newton County Industrial Development Authority (the “Authority”) for the Company’s manufacturing facilities to be constructed in Covington, Georgia. In connection with the lease arrangement, the Authority issued a taxable revenue bond (the “Bond”), which was acquired by the Company. The arrangement is structured so that the Company’s lease payments to the Authority equal and offset the Authority’s bond payments to the Company. Accordingly, the Company offsets the finance lease obligation and the Bond on its condensed consolidated balance sheets.

During the ordinary course of the business, the Company may be subject to legal proceedings, various claims, and litigation. Such proceedings can be costly, time consuming, and unpredictable, and therefore, no assurance can be given that the final outcome of such proceedings will not materially impact the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

On May 17, 2024, two putative stockholders of the Company (and formerly, Atlas Crest Investment Corp. (“Atlas”)) filed class action lawsuits, on behalf of themselves and other similarly-situated stockholders, in the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Court”) against the directors and officers of Atlas, the Company, the Company’s co-founders, Archer Aviation Inc. (prior to its business combination with Atlas, “Legacy Archer”), Moelis & Company Group LP and Moelis & Company LLC.

The complaint asserted claims for breaches of fiduciary duties, aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duties, and unjust enrichment, in connection with the merger between Atlas and the Company. The plaintiffs requested damages in an amount to be determined at trial, as well as attorneys’ and experts’ fees. Relatedly, on June 19, 2024, another putative stockholder of the Company filed a class action lawsuit, on behalf of himself and other similarly-situated stockholders, in the Court asserting similar claims as the aforementioned May 17, 2024 complaint against the same defendants named in that May complaint. The Court subsequently consolidated the related class actions and appointed a lead plaintiff.

All defendants filed motions to dismiss the complaint. In response to such motions to dismiss, the plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their claims against two Atlas directors. Oral argument on the remaining defendants’ motions to dismiss was held on April 17, 2025 and the Court issued a bench ruling on July 21, 2025, granting in part and denying in part the motions to dismiss. The Court dismissed all claims asserted against certain defendants, including among others, the Company’s co-founders, an Atlas director, Legacy Archer, Moelis & Company Group LP and Moelis & Company LLC. The Court also addressed the sufficiency of the plaintiffs’ allegations concerning the pre-merger disclosures that underlie the plaintiffs’ fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment claims, ruling that certain allegations were not adequately pleaded, thereby narrowing the scope of the fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment claims against the remaining defendants, which the Company believes that it has substantial defenses against. The parties have scheduled a mediation on June 4, 2026. Trial has been scheduled to begin on May 17, 2027.

On November 18, 2025 Joby Aero, Inc. (“Joby”) filed a complaint in the Superior Court of California in Santa Cruz County against the Company and one of its employees asserting claims of trade-secret misappropriation, breach of contract, interference with Joby’s contracts and prospective economic advantage, and related claims around the Company’s recent hiring of a former Joby employee. On December 18, 2025, the Company removed this action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. On January 23, 2026, the Company moved to dismiss the complaint, which motion remains pending. On March 9, 2026, Archer filed its Answer and Counterclaims against Joby, alleging claims for unfair competition and violation of the Lanham Act. Joby filed a motion to dismiss the Counterclaims on April 6, 2026, and that ruling is pending a ruling by the District Court.

On March 9, 2026, the Company filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) requesting the ITC prevent Joby from importing certain eVTOL aircraft, power systems for eVTOL aircraft, and components thereof, on the basis that such products infringe certain of the Company's U.S. patents. The ITC instituted an investigation (Inv. No. 337-TA-1499) on April 9, 2026 and the matter is pending before an administrative law judge. The administrative law judge set September 14, 2027 as the target date for the ITC’s final determination.

On February 23, 2026, the Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Vertical Aerospace Ltd. and Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd. (together, “Vertical”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The lawsuit alleges that Vertical’s eVTOL Valo aircraft infringes multiple patents owned by Archer relating to its Midnight eVTOL aircraft. The Company seeks, among other things, an injunction to prevent Vertical from continuing its infringing activities, as well as monetary damages for past infringement. On May 1, 2026, Vertical filed a motion to dismiss the complaint.